NONSYLLABIC
Scrabble letter values: N1O1N1S1Y4L1L1A1B3I1C3 = 18
Definition
- adjective not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable. — synonyms: unsyllabic
- adjective (of speech sounds) not forming or capable of forming the nucleus of a syllable.
Examples
- “consisting of a consonant sound accompanied in the same syllable by a vowel sound or consisting of a vowel sound dominated by other vowel sounds in a syllable (as the second vowel in a falling diphthong)”
- “the nonsyllabic `n' in `botany' when it is pronounced `botny'”
- “the nonsyllabic `i' in `oi'”